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File system for nonvolatile memory

  • US 6,606,628 B1
  • Filed: 02/14/2000
  • Issued: 08/12/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A file system for a nonvolatile memory medium, comprising:

  • a nonvolatile memory medium logically divided into memory blocks of predetermined size, wherein each of said memory blocks comprises a header portion and a data portion, and wherein said header portion comprises;

    a magic number indicating whether said memory block is a valid file system block;

    the name of the file to which said memory block belongs, if any;

    a set of flags indicating whether said memory block is the first or last block of said file;

    the block number of the next memory block comprising said file, if any; and

    the length of valid data in said data portion of said memory block.

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